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Gentoo GLSA-200806-04 Alert: rdesktop Multiple Security Risks Found

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Calendar Grey June 14, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Numerous security flaws within rdesktop may result in remote code execution or service interruption on Gentoo platforms.
Multiple vulnerabilities in rdesktop may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200806-04
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: rdesktop: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: June 14, 2008
      Bugs: #220911
        ID: 200806-04


Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in rdesktop may lead to the execution of
arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Background
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rdesktop is an open source Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client.

Affected packages
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     Package            /  Vulnerable  /                    Unaffected
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  1  net-misc/rdesktop       < 1.6.0                          >= 1.6.0

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An anonymous researcher reported multiple vulnerabilities in rdesktop
via iDefense Labs:

* An integer underflow error exists in the ...
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